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Election surprises 2014

By G. Romero Wendorf.
 
During a week already packed with news – local elections 2014 – McAllen’s longtime city manager, Mike Perez, announced last Wednesday that he will retire effective March 31. He’s held the top spot since 1992. Aside from a public run-in with a female assistant city manager last November, Perez enjoyed a stellar career inside McAllen city hall for the past 22 years. He’s survived four mayors, countless commissioners, the Great Recession of 2007 and the subsequent budget crisis it caused, as well as the break-up of the city commission from at-large to single-member districts.
 

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